Welcome to Top Shelf – The KIJHL Podcast. In episode 2, Creston Valley Thunder Cat Luke Chakrabarti talks with co-host Emanuel Sequeira about the upcoming season while Mark Berry chats with KIJHL Commissioner Jeff Dubois about some rule changes. Top Shelf: The KIJHL Podcast – S2 E2 – September 15 – L. Chakrabarti – […]
Welcome to Quick Shift, which provides a preview of each of the 20 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League teams, with insights from their respective general manager-head coach. Next are the Creston Valley Thunder Cats in the Eddie Mountain division. The Thunder Cats finished fifth in their division with a record of 19-23-1-1 and qualified […]
Creston Valley Thunder Cats forward Reece Nelson will play for the University of Jamestown Jimmies in the ACHA next season. Nelson finished third on the Thunder Cats with 43 points in 44 games. He had five points in 12 KIJHL Teck Cup championships to help the Thunder Cats reach the second round. “I am […]
Creston Valley Thunder Cats forward Kolby Hennessy will play for the San Diego State University Aztecs in ACHA next season. In 21 games with the Thunder Cats, Hennessy had nine points, and in 36 total games this season with the Fernie Ghostriders and Nelson Leafs, the 19-year-old had 11 points. He’s excited about his […]
On Friday, Kootenay International Junior Hockey League alumni Campbell Arnold and Joe Martin of the Alberni Valley Bulldogs will do their best to win the B.C. Hockey League’s Fred Page Cup championship against the defending champion Penticton Vees. Arnold is in his final season of junior hockey, which began with the Spokane Braves in 2018-19. […]
Former Creston Valley Thunder Cat Jake Livingstone made his NHL debut today with the Nashville Predators against the Carolina Hurricanes. Livingstone, a defenceman, played 16:08, including six seconds on the penalty-kill, in a 3-0 victory. Livingstone signed with the Predators from the Minnesota State University-Mankato Mavericks, where he played for three seasons. He joined […]
Jake Livingstone, an alumnus of the Creston Valley Thunder Cats, talks about signing with the Nashville Predators after a team practice on Friday afternoon. Livingstone played three seasons with the Minnesota State University Mankato Mavericks. In 39 games this season, Livingstone had eight goals and 35 points, including two game-winning goals and he was plus-10. […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is pleased to announce its Overall Award Winners for the 2022-23 regular season. Honours have been handed out in seven categories: Most Valuable Player, Top Scorer, Top Defenceman, Top Goaltender, Rookie of the Year, Most Sportsmanlike Player and Coach of the Year. Today we announce the winners for Most […]
Creston Valley Thunder Cats Alumnus Jake Livingstone has signed with the NHL’s Nashville Predators on a one-year, entry-level contract for the 2022-23 season. Livingstone just completed his junior season with the Minnesota State University Mavericks men’s hockey program in which he was named the CCHA’s Defenceman of the Year for the second straight year. […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is pleased to announce its Overall Award Winners for the 2022-23 regular season. Today and tomorrow, honours will be handed out in seven categories: Most Valuable Player, Top Scorer, Top Defenceman, Top Goaltender, Rookie of the Year, Most Sportsmanlike Player, Rookie of the Year and Coach of the Year. […]
